The British government will recognize the state of Palestine in September, before the celebration of the UN General Assemblyif Israel does not meet a series of conditions, including taking steps to end the “catastrophic situation in Gaza”, decree the fire and ensure that we will not be annexed with the West Bank.
At the meeting of the Council of Emergency Ministers held on Tuesday, the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, also demanded Israel who is committed to a long -term peace process that achieves a solution of two states, one Israeli and the other Palestinian.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu
Subsequently, in a statement followed by questions from journalists, The British leader stressed that in September will evaluate compliance with these conditions to make a decision.
“Today I can confirm that the United Kingdom will recognize the state of Palestine in Septemberbefore the celebration of the UN General Assembly, unless Israel of substantive steps to end the catastrophic situation in Gaza, agrees a high fire and commits to a long -term solution that revives the solution of two states. And this includes allowing the UN to introduce humanitarian aid and make it clear that there will not be an annexation of the West Bank, “he said.
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Regarding the situation in the strip, Starmer said they are seeing “Images that will stay all our lives”, so he urged the Israeli authorities to “cease suffering“.
“We have to see at least 500 trucks (with help) entering Gaza every day,” he said, after explaining that he addressed the humanitarian situation yesterday with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in Scotland. At the same time, he acknowledged that the objective of the two states “is under pressure as never before” and that this solution is “threatened.”
In the same way, He sent a message to “Hamas's terrorists”to those who called to disarm, to join a high fire already accept that he will not be able to play any role in any future government in Gaza.
Netanyahu
Starmer's ads arrive after more than a third of their own Labor Deputies and some of the heavyweights of its Executive, such as the Minister of Health, Wes Streeting, Le Le. They have publicly claimed to recognize the state of Palestine.
In a protest today against Downing Street, Dozens of protesters claimed Starmer not to take longer and recognize Palestine as soon as possibleand exercise greater pressure on Israel to stop its punitive operation against the Palestinians in Gaza.
This month, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said that his country will recognize Palestine during the UN General Assemblywhile other European countries, such as Spain, already previously did this year.
